Okerafor Surname
Approximately 184 people bear this surname
Okerafor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 183 | 1:967,993 | 41,230 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Okerafor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Okerafor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Okerafor is found most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Okerafor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,252,959th most frequently occurring last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Okerafor live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 183 people, or 1 in 967,993. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 38 percent live, Delta, where 9 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 9 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okereafor | 94 | 3,365 | / |
| Okearafor | 94 | 3 | / |
| Okerafour | 94 | 2 | / |
| Okeerafor | 94 | 2 | / |
| Okeraafor | 94 | 2 | / |
| Okergafor | 94 | 1 | / |
| Okereafore | 89 | 15 | / |
| Okoereafor | 89 | 8 | / |
| Okereaffor | 89 | 4 | / |
| Okiereafor | 89 | 3 | / |
| Okeareafor | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okeereafor | 89 | 1 | / |
| Okorafor | 88 | 9,309 | / |
| Okarafor | 88 | 269 | / |
| Okerefor | 88 | 36 | / |
| Okerofor | 88 | 4 | / |
| Okoreafor | 82 | 7 | / |
| Ekereafor | 82 | 4 | / |
| Okereafar | 82 | 4 | / |
| Okareafor | 82 | 3 | / |
| Okoraffor | 82 | 3 | / |
| Ookorafor | 82 | 2 | / |
| Okoraafor | 82 | 1 | / |
| Okorofor | 75 | 302 | / |
| Okorefor | 75 | 11 | / |
| Okorafar | 75 | 4 | / |
| Okarofor | 75 | 3 | / |
| Okoroofor | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okorowfor | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okorohfor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okoroffor | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okorofar | 50 | 8 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Okerafor
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis